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Can we stop sanewashing these people?

They clearly don't care for legality, constitutionality, anything positive or good.



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Please argue in good faith. "Just because xyz" is not. It's asking to ignore tons of evidence and explicit speech to the contrary.


This is an administration that once had a man who, during a meeting about deportations attended by department lawyers, in response to what would be done if the courts rejected their rationale, said "Fuck the courts."

This man is no longer part of the administration. But not because he was fired for this blatant disregard for the judicial branch. It's because he was nominated to be a judge (and the Senate confirmed him).




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